Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there’s an explosion—that’s Plot. Leigh Brackett, WD Aim for this in your plot… (via arvonwriters)

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Heroic Traits and Their Faults

clevergirlhelps: Accepting – too accepting; willing to excuse extreme behavior Adaptable – used to traveling from situation to situation; may not be able to fully adapt/live in a permanent situation Affable – accidentally befriends the wrong sort of people; pushes to befriend everyone Affectionate –inappropriate affection Alert – constantly on edge; paranoid Altruistic – self-destructive…

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Leaving Holes

astudyinrose: write-like-a-freak: rederthere: write-like-a-freak: Your story is 50% reader. It’s that mixture of reader and writer that makes the magic. Which means your story needs to have holes for the reader to fill in. You need that negative space for the puzzle pieces to fit. I’m not talking about plot holes, I’m talking about giving…

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